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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, housing costs are still wildly inflated in Silver Spring. This is one of the few areas where you can't buy a decent house without spending a fortune. But YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE HERE.

This is what $750K buys you in Colleyville, Texas:

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1900-Stratton-Ct-Colleyville-TX-76034/83811980_zpid/

According to the US census, the median income in Colleyville is $151K. The median income in McLean, VA is $154K.

There are other places to live.
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So if it costs more why not adjust the level of who is "rich" higher than 250k[/quote]

Because one of the choices that these "rich" people make is to live in a more desirable, higher cost of living area.  There should not be a tax discount for people to live in Bethesda instead of some far out suburb.  One of the choices you make when you have more disposable income is to live in a more expensive area of town or of the country.  That's a choice you make, but those who make far less should not have to subsidize you to do so.  That's another way that the income disparity between the rich and the poor increases.[/quote]

Why should there be a gs pay schedule difference based on locality[/quote]

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